How to save Exchange contacts to iPhone after leaving job?

You recently left your job or switched companies and you have your iPhone contacts “locked” to your old Exchange account? This article will show you how to keep your Exchange contacts on your iPhone while disabling your Exchange account.

In order to keep your Exchange contacts on your iPhone you would need to first backup your iPhone contacts to your computer in vCard form using CopyTrans Contacts. To do so:

Install the program. If you need help installing CopyTrans Contacts, please refer to this article

Run CopyTrans Contacts and connect your iPhone. Stand-by until all your iPhone data loads. You will see your Exchange contacts appear with a small cross next to each listed entry. Note: if you don’t see Exchange contacts in the program window, please have a look at this article

Select each of your Exchange contacts by checking the box next to each list entry. If all of your iPhone contacts are sourced from Exchange, select all contacts by checking the box next to “Contacts”. Next, click on the “Export selected” button

From the new window which appears, click “iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch (multiple .vcf files)”

Select the location on your PC where to temporarily export your iPhone contacts

Your selected iPhone contacts are now saved to your PC in vCard form into a number of VCF files. Now disconnect your iPhone and close CopyTrans Contacts

You can now disable your Exchange account on your iPhone without worrying about losing your Exchange contacts

Once your Exchange contacts have been deleted from your iPhone, run CopyTrans Contacts again and connect your iPhone. Next click on the “Import contacts” button

Select “From a file (all contact formats)”

Navigate to the location where you saved your Exchange contacts on your PC

Your Exchange contacts will now be imported back to your iPhone

CopyTrans Contacts makes saving Exchange contacts to iPhone possible even after you have left your company and need to disable your iPhone Exchange account.

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